Combination supply and waste



1,562,983 C.J.MUEND COMBINATION SUPPLY AND WASTE Original Filed July 1e. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 il 11 is J 6 N f o 2/ n j iorneg.

Nov. 24, 1925. l 1,562,983 C. J. MUEND COMBINATION SUPPLY AND WASTE Original Filed July 16. 1923 2 SheetS-Shet 2 4 Inenor: Charles Jjhfuend,

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T @l liu lill 2E Y CHARLES J'. `lVlClUll'lD, OF QHTLADELPEEIA, Ellll'LlANl-il, ASSIGNOR TO HANES, JONES a CAIDB'URY COMPANY, A. CRRATTON 'GF PENNSYLVANIA.

Original application filed July 16 1923, 1925.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, @Hennes J. MUEND, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia,

State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Combination Supply and Vtlaste, of which the 'following is a specilication.

My invention relates to improvements in a `combination supply and waste control. The object to provide improved arrangement of the waste, and improved controlling means therefor. The invention is especially applicable -for bath tubs of the built-in type.

The invention comprises means adaptable to tubs ot various sizes and having walls ot varying inclinations so that a single standard lixture may be fitted to tubs of dilferent designs. This is especially desirable in order to obviate the necessity ot carrying in stock a number of different sizes or types of lixtures to assemblewith dillerent sizes and designs ot tub.

The invention also includes an arrangement'o'f parts that will secure symmetrical positioning of the operating handles and, at the same time, a direct alinement of coacting elements.

To this end the invention comprises improvements in details ot construction, including means of adjustment and the proper co-ordination of the several `co-operating parts. j

This application is a division of my application Serial No. 651,707, tiled July 16, 1923.

Referring to the drawings, which illustrate, merely byway of example, a suitable embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 1 is a sideelevation partly in section of the complete Afixture showing its relation to the tub.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same.

Fig 2a isa front elevation on a reduced scale, showing` the relative positions of the valve handles. Y

Fig. 3 is an approximately horizontal section on theline 3, 3 of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 4, 4 of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale.

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Serial No. 651,707. iiided and this application serial- NQ. 37,414.

iled June 16,

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section on the line 5, '5 ol Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.` Y

Tn the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the common supply pipe 7 is connected to the'hot and cold service, controlled in the usual 'way by valves, one valve handle being indicated at tl, in Fig. 2, the other on the left hand end of pipe 7 not being shown.

vAll three valve handles are shown in their relative positions in Fig. 21.v This common pipe 7 is connected to the pipe 9, which in turn is connected by the elbows 10 and 11 to the pipe l2, threaded'throughout its extension as shown. Pipe 12 passes through the opening; 13 in the tub 14. To the outer end of pipe 12 is connected thenozzle member 15. The pipe 12 also projects through and is threaded into the rear side of elbow element 16 of the waste overflow. The clbow element 1G is provided with a flange 17 ioi clamping the washer 18 against the rear side of the tub 14. An escutcheon or shield 19 is interposed between the nozzle and the front tacel ol the tub. This escutcheon is provided with overtlow ports, as at 20, in the lower halt thereof. It will be obvious that by theproper threaded adjustinent between the pipe 12 and the elements 15 and 1G, the washer 18 may be put under suilicient pressure, between i'iange 17Y and the wall of the tub surrounding the opening 13, to secure a watertight joint between the tub and the wase element 16. A suitable nut 21 and packing 22 secure a watertight joint between waste element 16 and threaded pipe 12.

The overflow waste elbow element .16 is connected, in the usual way to the pipe 23, which in turn joins at the T 24, the waste pipe 25 from the elbow element 26 connected with the waste outlet 27 at the bottom of the tub. "The connectionl between 24 and 25. is an adjustable slip joint, as shown in Fig. 4. Y Tt is to be noted that pipe 12, which is threaded throughout its extension, is made olf maximum length, that is to permit a maximum distance `between the vertical plane of pipe 9 and the inner face oit' tub 14; this distance being dependent upon the design and size of tub used, and the thickness of wall 2S. There this distance is considerably less than the maximum, it is merely necessary to cut a section from the end of pipe 12. A certain amount of adjustment is also available by the range of threaded extension, as at 29, in the neck or body of nozzle member 15, and also by the space within the nozzle, into which the end of pipe 12 may pioject.

rl`he washer 13 which is shown tapered from one side to the opposite side may be shifted to compensate for varying inclinations of theV wall of tub 14. Y

1t will also be noted that the opening 13 in the wall of tub 14 is larger than the end of elbow element 16, and that the flange 1T is of sui'iicient extension to pei-init a considerable variation in the relative position of member 16 with respect to opening 13, and consequentlyv a variation in the inclination of pipe 12. The elbows 10 and 11 are not both right angle elbows, one being approximately of forty-five degrees. Elbow 19 has preferably a slip joint connection with pipe 9, similar to the adjustable slip joint shown between 24 and 25, in Fig. 4. These several factors facilitate in a proper relative adjustment between pipe 9, elbow 16, pipe 12 and nozzle 15, and great-ly facilitate their assembly with tubs of varying designs and sizes.

The main waste outlet 27 in the bottom of the tub is provided with the valve member 31. This valve member 31 comprises the winged formation 32, having the central opening or channel 33, into which the stem of pin 34 projects upwardly. This stem is engaged at its upper end with the screw 35 which passes through the top of plate 36. The threaded opening 37 is of suflicient depth to allow adjustment of the screw 35, to bring the plate 36 into tight engagementwith the washer 33, which lies between the plate 36 and the top of formation 32, and forms the valve proper which cooperates with the seat 39 fitted into the opening 27, by threaded engagement with elbow element 26. rlhe lower end of pin 34 is provided with'the head 40 which engages with the actuating lever 41, secured, in any suitable way, to the shaft 42, which extends linto the` housing 43, formed integral with the elbow element 26. An opening 44 comniunicates with housing 43 and the interior of 26. The shaft 42 is further housed in the tubular housing which is threaded into the housing `43 as shown in Fig. 4. This tube 45 is supported near its outer end in the bracket 46 connected to the T 24. The outer eXtreme end of the tube 45 is provided with the nut or cap 47, threaded on to said end, having a central opening for the' rod 42, and provided with packing, as

at 4S, to form a watertight joint. Near the outer end of shaft 42 is secured the arm or lever 49 by means of the set-screw 50. r1`l1is lever 49 is pivotally connected, as at 51, to the connecting rod 52. To the upper end of rod 52 is secured the member or yoke by a threaded adjustable engagement; there being a long threaded extension on the rod, as at 54, to provide ample means for said adjustment. The lock nut 55 provides means for maintaining the adjustment desired. The upper end of member 53 provided with the slot 56 and the finger or projection 57.

A shaft 53, connected with the waste valve handle 59, is suitably joui-nailed through the wall 23, as indicated in l? 1, and is provided at its inner end, with the eccentric member keyed thereto by seto screw 61. This member 60 is provided with the eccentric pin 62 projecting into slot 56, and with the stop pin 63. A screw 64 and washer 65 serve to secure member 53 upon eccentric pin v62. ln 2 the eccentric member is shown in the position holding thel valve member 31 in the elevated or open position, the stop pin 63 engaging the side of the yoke, to limit the eccentric member 60 in its lifting valve opening;` movement; The stop 63 will Vengage the projection 57 to limit the rotative movement of the eccentric member 60, in the opposite direction.

As already pointed out, tubs of the class referred to, vary considerably in design and size; for example, where the inclination of the end wall is greater, the waste opening in the bottom is further removed from the vertical back wall, and the thickness of this wall may also vary. It follows that the connecting elements between the wastevalve handle 59, and the valve member 31, must be adjusted accordingly. For this purpose the shaft 42 is made of sufhcieiit length to accommodate the maximum distance required, and where the distance is considerably less than the maximum, the lever 49 is properly located and secured to shaft42 and the end of the shaft 42, projecting beyond said lever 49, is cut off.

Since it is desirable, as a preferred con# struction, to position the valve handles 8, 59 and 3, symmetrically, with respect to the nozzle 15, it follows, that handle 59 should be-in the same middle plane of the tub, with nozzle 15, and that the connecting rod 52 should also operate in substantially the same plane. To secure this arrangement it will be noted that the supply pipe 9 is connected to the common hot and cold water pipe 7, at one side of said middle plane, and the double-elbow formation 10, 11 permits the connection to pipe 12 and nozzle 15, without interfering with the connecting rod 52.

1 do not wish to limit my invention to thespecilic arrangement shown in the drawings, enceptas to the claims dening such arrangement.

lWhat l claim is l. ln combination with a tub or basin, a supply pipe, a discharge nozzle member, a waste overlow elbow, and a threaded connecting pipe extending entirely through the elbow having one end threaded into the nozzle member, the other `end in threaded connection with the supply pipe .and an intermediate portion in threaded engagement with the elbow.

2. ln combination with a tub or basin, a 2 vertical supply pipe, `a vertical overflow waste pipe having its axis in the middle plane of the tub or basin, an elbow threaded onto the top of said waste pipe, a discharge nozzle member, means connecting the sup e ply pipe with the nozzle member, comprising cooperating elbows and a pipe having its axis in the middle plane of the tub or basin, threaded through the waste elbow and into the nozzle member, the said cooperating elbows arranged to permit the vertical supply pipe being offset from the middle plane of the tub Vor basin. v

3. In combination with a tub or basin, a vertical supply pipe ofset from the middle plane of the tub or basin, a waste Valve and and a waste valve actuating rod and a rod actuatinghandle in the middle lane of the tub or basin, a common pipe tor hot and cold water provided with Valves and valve handles tlanking the rod actuating handle, said common pipe having a bent portion arching over the stem of the rod actuating handle.

All ln combination with a tub or basin, a vertical supply pipe and connecting elbow, a vertical waste pipe having its axis in the middle plane of the tub or basin, a horizontal waste pipe connected thereto, a waste valve, a horizontal actuating shaft, a vertical rod in the middle plane of the tub or basin, means connecting the vertical rod to said actuating shaft, means forming slip joint connections between the supply pipe and connecting elbow and between the horizontal and vertical waste pipes, and means forming an adjustable connection between the actuating rod and shaft. l

5. In combination with a tub or basin, a vertical supply pipe and connecting elbow, a vertical waste pipe having its axis in the middle plane of the tub or basin, a horizontal waste pipe connected thereto, a waste valve, an actuating shaft to one side of and parallel with the horizontal waste pipe, a vertical rod in the middle plane of the tub or basin, means connecting the vertical rod to said actuatingshaft, means forming slip joint connections between the supply pipe and connecting elbow and between the horizontal and vertical waste pipes, and means forming an adjustable connection between the actuating rod and shaft.

CHARLES J. MUEND.` 

